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L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt, Jr. is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, lived in Washington, D.C. for 20 years, then moved to New Hampshire in 1989 where he met his wife. They relocated to Cedar City, Utah in 1993.

He has worked as a Navy pilot, lifeguard, delivery boy, unpaid radio disc jockey, real estate agent, market research analyst, director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant for a Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college le ...more

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	The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 25,748 ratings — published 1991 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Engineer (The Saga of Recluce, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 10,471 ratings — published 1994 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Towers of the Sunset (The Saga of Recluce, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 10,503 ratings — published 1992 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imager (Imager Portfolio, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 9,555 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #5) 4.01 avg rating — 9,123 ratings — published 1995 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Order War (The Saga of Recluce, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 8,782 ratings — published 1995 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fall of Angels (The Saga of Recluce, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 7,253 ratings — published 1996 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imager's Challenge (Imager Portfolio, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 6,314 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Order (The Saga of Recluce, #8) 4.09 avg rating — 6,063 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colors of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #9) 4.14 avg rating — 5,720 ratings — published 1998 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The other day I received an email from a faithful reader who noted that he had stopped reading The Soprano Sorceress because the song magic was "too easy." Over the years I've received other comments along the lines that all she had to do was open her mouth and sing.

Right. Except that under the magic system in Erde, the song had to be perfectly on pitch and in key; the words had to specify what

Series by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

The Saga of Recluce (26 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 130,376 ratings

The Saga of Recluce (Chronological) (26 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 130,036 ratings

Recluce Zyklus (14 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 94,014 ratings

Imager Portfolio (12 books)
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4.16 avg rating — 40,891 ratings

Corean Chronicles (8 books)
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4.07 avg rating — 18,945 ratings

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L.E. Jr. answered Alain's question: Hello. Will there be a sequel to Fairhaven Rising? And if there will be one or more sequels, what to expect. Just completed a 4th re-read of the Beltur/ Taelya saga - super hopeful there will be more. I'm currently working on something else. After that, we'll have to see. I won't promise something I can't deliver, which is why don't mention what I'm working on until after I have an idea that it will be actually published. There are so many Recluce See Full Answer
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L.E. Jr. answered Rae Sullivan's question: Will there be a book on Bilbryn the Imager under Rex Caldor mentioned in Imager’s Intrigue? At this point, it's unlikely that I'll write another Imager book. There are so many books I could write, but there are only so many hours in every year, and right now, I have my hands full with the books I'm writing.
Nov 26, 2025 07:01PM · like
L.E. Jr. wants to read Overcaptain (The Saga of Recluce #24) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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L.E. Jr. rated a book it was amazing In Ashes Born (A Seeker’s Tale, #1) by Nathan Lowell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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L.E. Jr. finished reading Gateway to Nifleheim (The Harbinger of Doom Saga, #1) by Glenn G. Thater (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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L.E. Jr. wants to read From the Forest (The Saga of Recluce #23) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.”
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“Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., The Parafaith War

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“Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.”
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